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(No Model.) 2 sheets-sheet 1,

RMTURGK. M'ANIPOLDING BUCK.

No. 595,981. Patented Da. 21, 1897.

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MANIFOLDING BOOK.

No. 595,981. ,Patented De0.21,1897.

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FREDERICK M. TUROK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO PHILIP HANO,

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MANlFOLDlNG-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,981, dated December 21, 1897.

Application led May 20,1897. Serial No. 637,433. (No model.)

.To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK M. TURCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Duplicating Counter Check Books, of which the following is a specification'.

This invention relates to pads or books suitable for making duplicate entries, such as of sales and the like; and the invention resides in the novel features of construction set forth in the following specification and claims and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pad or book containing the invention. Fig. 2 is a section along line a: fr, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is an end elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 shows a modification. Fig. 8 is a plan view of Fig. 1, showing the carbon-sheet carrier slid out to enable a sheet-section to be lifted or lapped over onto such carrier or carbon-sheet. Fig. 9 shows the carbon-sheet carrier partly slid in between two sheet-sections or on its way to the position indicated in Fig. l. Fig. 10 is a sectional View of the pad or book, showing the top leaf in the act of drawing or moving off the pile or pad. Fig. 11 is a detail perspective view of a sheet used for forming the pile or pad.

The device is shown provided with a cover, although such cover is not absolutely necessary, but it is of advantage, especially in such cases where the pad is to be carried in the pocket. The under or bottom section or board of the cover is shown at 1 and the top section at 2, the sections being joined by iiexible back 3, Figs. 1, 3, and 5.

The bottom cover-section 1 carries or has secured thereto a support or board 4, Figs. 2 to 6, on which can be laid a suitable pad.' The pad shown in the drawings consists of a series of leaves, each folded or doubled over to form sections 5 and 6, Figs. 3 and 7, having the crease at 7, Fig. 7. .Iointed to the support 4 at 8, Fig. 5, are links 9, jointed at 10 to the side pieces 11 of a frame 11 l2. EX- tending through or swinging in or beneath the support 4 is a wire 13, Fig. 3, bent to form of the frame will press on the creased parts 7 of the pad-sheets and will compress the latter.

On the frame 11 12 is a slide or carbon-sheet carrier, consisting of a frame having side pieces 18, Fig. ,6, and end piece 19, Fig. 5. The side pieces of the carrier have studs 20. A clamp comprising hooks or eyes or engaging parts 21, side pieces 22, and end piece 23 is adapted to engage the studs 20 by said parts 21. A piece 24, Fig. 3, of transfer-paper or, as it is frequently called, carbon-paper being placed on carrier 18 19 and the clamp 22 23 being pressed down upon or made to lap over the sheet and carrier the carbonsheet is firmly held in place on the carrier and is smoothed in being lapped or secured. 4

To make a duplicate memorandum, the carbon-sheet carrier 18 19 is slid back on frame 11 12 until it has passed back of the free edge of the section 6 of the upper folded sheet 5 6. This section or fold 6 is then lifted or swung up, so that when the carbon-sheet carrier is now slid forward to carry the carbon-sheet over the section 5 the section 6 can be dropped to rest on the carbon-sheet, Figs. 1 and 7. A pencil or other memorandum now made on the section 6 will have a carbon duplicate thereof produced on section 5. This top sheet 5 6 being now pulled or slipped off the pad the sections 5 and 6 can be torn or separated at crease 7, the sections with their duplicate memorandum serving as a salecheck or for other business purposes. VBy having perforations along crease 7 the proper separation of the sheet-sections 5 and 6 is facilitated.

As the pad forms a soft or yielding support for the top sheet when being written on, it maybe foundsatisfactory to provide the frame 11 12 with a hard or metallic plate 25, Fig.`7,

jointed thereto at 26. When the crease 7 of IOO 5 and G of the top sheet, as before, the memorandum being made on section 6 is duplicated or carboned onto section 5, as stated.

The several sheets when left loose or unbound can be readily taken off the pad one by one as used. The links 9 and 1i cause the compression-frame 11 12 to descend or sit level on the pad even if the pressure forcing down the frame should not be evenly or centrally applied. The fram e-pieces 18 19, forming the base part of the transfer-sheet carrier, are practically formed from sheet metal bent to suitable form to acquire proper strength or rigidity.

The base a, with frame 11 12 and links 9 and 14, form what may be called an evenly collapsible or compressible case or frame,7 which can be readily set or adjusted to the height or thickness of the pad or pile.

Vhen-a duplicate memorandum has been made, the top sheet (i 5, containing such memorandum, has its fold or crease '7 slipped out from under the lip 17, as seen in Fig. lO, and such top sheet can then be grasped at or near its crease 7 and slipped olf the pile. The sheet thus withdrawn can have its sections 5 G severed at the crease 7, and said sections being providedwith like marks or numbers, as seen, for example, in Fig. 11, where both sections are numbered 50, such severed duplicates or sections can be readily identified or sorted out when required for verification or other purposes. Then the top sheet has been thus drawn off the pile, the next succeeding sheet will have both its sections 5 and 6 lying below the carbon-sheet. By drawing or slidingr the carbon-sheet carrier out to the position shown in Fig. S, so as to clear the free edges of the sections or at least to clear the free edge of the top section 6 of the sheet, such top section can have its edge raised sufficiently to cause this top section to fall or rest on the carbon-sheet when the carrier is sliding back into place, as seen in Fig. 9.

It maybe preferred to make the lower section 5 longer than the section 6, as seen in Fig. 11, so that when the carbon-sheet carrier is drawn out, Fig. S, said carrier will clear the free edge of the upper section G, but will overlap the free edge of the lower section 5, thus allowing only the section G to be lifted to rest on the carbon-sheet, while section 5 remains below the carbon-sheetfor receiving the carbon or duplicate memorandum. lf seen fit, however, both sections 5 and G can be left of equal length or the free edge of the upper section G simply cut away at a corn er or other suitable portion to enable said edge to be lifted above the carbon-sheet carrier or slide 1S4 19.

The several sheets or series of leaves, it is noticed, are each folded or creased at 7 to form the sections 5 and 6 for each sheet, and said sheets after having been folded are superposed or laid loosely one on top of another to form the pile or pad. The leaves being loose or unbound can be readily drawn off the pile one by one, as indicated in Fig. 10, without disturbing other sheets of the pad, and such loose sheets before being inserted under the lip 17 can be readily examined to see if they are properly arranged-as, for example, with regard to consecutive numbering.

The frame 1l 12, swinging merely by links 9 and la and not being connected to springs, can be readily swung or lifted away from cover or back, as when a fresh pack or pile of sheets is to be inserted, and then allowed to fall onto said pack or pile by its own gravity, thus easing and facilitating the manipulation of the device, Which is of advantage, for example, when time is limited, asin case of a rapid succession of sales or during busy hours, and the sheets being loose from one another are readily or quickly removable, as 11o tearing or rippingis required for such removal.

What I claim as new,- and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A pad comprising a series of folded leaves, a support for the pad, guides located on opposite sides of the pad, and a carbonsheet carrier mounted on said guides so as to slide in and out between the sections of each leaf, said carrier being held by said guides in a plane parallel tothe faces of the leaves, each of said leaves being folded into sections and said folded leaves being superposed, substantially as described.

2. A pad comprising a series of folded leaves, a support for the pad, a compression frame for the pad linked to the support, and a carbon or transfer sheet carrier made to slide on the frame substantially as described.

3. A pad comprising a series of folded leaves, a support for the pad, a compressionframe for the pad linked to the support, and a carbon or transfer sheet carrier made to slide on the frame, said frame having a lip made to extend over orpress upon the folded edge of the sheet substantially as described.

4:. A pad comprising a series of folded leaves, a support for the pad, a compressionframe for the pad linked to the support, and a carbon or transfer sheet carrier made to slide on the frame, said frame having a supporting-plate jointed thereto and said plate being adapted to swing under or support the upper or writing sheet of the pad substantially as described.

5. A case for holding a pad of loose or unbound leaves of paper, said case comprising a support and a frame, and swinging Wires connecting the support to the frame so to leave the latter adjustable to the height or thickness of the pad, said frame being provided v'vith a carbon-carrying slide substantially as described.

6. A case for holding a pad of loose or unbound leaves of paper, said case comprising a support and a frame, and swinging wires connecting the support to the frame so as to leave the latter adjustable to the height or thickness of the pad, and a carbon or duplicating sheet on top of the frame and adapted IOO IIO

to be interposed between the leaves, substantially as described.

'7. A case for holding a pad of loose or unbound leaves of paper, said case comprising a support and a frame, swinging wires made to severally connect the various sides of the frame to the support so as to cause the frame to collapse or move evenly to the support, a pad or pile of sheets, each of said sheets having been first folded and then laid loosely one on top of the other, and a carbon-sheet adapted to be interposed between the folds of each sheet, substantially as described.

8. A case for holding a pad of loose or unbound leaves of paper, said case comprising a support and a frame, swinging wires connecting the support and the frame so as to leave the latter adjustable to the height or thickness of the pad and free to drop by its gravity onto such pad, and a carbon-carrying slide mounted on top of the frame and adapted to move between the leaves, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing z 5 witnesses.

FREDERICK M. TURCK. Witnesses:

vWM. C. HAUFF,

E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

